But a filmmaker that wise could feel ashamed of the movies' remorseless need for champions.
It tells the story of the fictional Bahman Farjami, a sad, witty and wise filmmaker who has been hired by Japanese television to make a documentary about Iranian burial practices.
Among the faithful are a retired orthopedic surgeon and songsmith, an award-winning Native American filmmaker, a brilliant and wise sociologist, an equally brilliant and wise historian, an octogenarian priest, an indefatigable organizer, an editor, and a walking encyclopedia, homeless by choice, but informed on every conceivable topic.
Hollywood is now Bollywood's competitor, but local filmmakers say Hollywood is wise in trying to mimic, not supplant, Bollywood.
Tracy is not just a filmmaker, she is a generous and wise woman.
Mayank is a young, though wise beyond his years, filmmaker I had the pleasure to meet last year when we were seated together at the Tribeca All Access welcome luncheon.
As a filmmaker, Mr. Yang is like a wiser, less anxious version of this boy.
Back at the Muddy Cup, Mr. Woods serves as the evening's M.C., cracking wise and interviewing visiting filmmakers.
It is hard to mistake Peter G. Peterson, a Wall Street billionaire and commerce secretary in the Nixon administration, for Michael Moore, the wise-cracking anti-establishment filmmaker.
And, as in "A Letter to Three Wives," there's also a mother involved (here it's the filmmaker's mother, who is street-wise and tart-tongued, similar to the older women in Mankiewicz's film).
As the filmmakers well know, it's not wise to upset them either.
